19th century – Page 236 – Regency Reader

Regency Reader Questions: The Withdrawing Rooms

By Anne | January 20, 2018 - 7:53 am |February 20, 2018 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs, Regency Household, Regency Reader Questions

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Ground plans of two manor homes circa Regency

In a follow up from my post/questions about bathroom habits of Regency people, and expanding on an earlier post about cloak rooms and withdrawing Continue →

Regency Customs: A Receipt for Courtship

By Anne | January 18, 2018 - 8:15 am |January 30, 2018 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs

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A gentleman and a young lady courting

This 1805 caricature of courtship gives a simple recipe for love and marriage (by Lurie & Whittle of Fleet Street): Two or three dears, and Continue →

Regency Fashion: Walking, Full and Costume Dresses

By Anne | January 14, 2018 - 7:02 am |February 6, 2018 Regency Fashion

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Appearing in the January 1807 issue of La Belle Assemblee, I love the drama of these creations (and I am not just talking about the Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: Ladies Taking Snuff

By Anne | January 12, 2018 - 7:40 am |January 23, 2018 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Fashion, Regency Health and Medicine

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Elegantly dressed lady taking snuff

One of my favorite schticks in a Heyer novel is in Regency Buck when Judith is taught how to take snuff. It sums up Continue →

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